Rs.28,000 security deposit to cut one tree in Delhi

IANS

The Delhi government Wednesday decided to drastically enhance the security deposit for cutting down a tree while carrying out developmental work -- up from the present Rs.1,000 to Rs.28,000.

'The Cabinet has decided to raise the security amount from the existing rate of Rs.1,000 to Rs.28,000 for each tree to be removed under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994,' Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said.

She said that this amount will have a refundable and non-refundable component of Rs.14,000 each for ensuring compensatory plantation in the city.

Thousands of trees have been felled during the last few years while carrying out several developmental works ranging from road expansion to laying of the Metro network.

Diskhit said her government is committed to preserving and conserving the green cover in Delhi 'which has been increased from 26 sq.km. to above 300 sq.km over the years. It is keen to ensure cent percent required compensatory plantation in lieu of felling of trees'.

The move has been taken with the twin objectives of ensuring effective implementation of the provisions of the Act and compensation on account of loss of greenery.

Presently the permission for removal of a tree under the Act needs a security deposit of Rs.1,000 for ensuring compensatory plantation of 10 saplings on the identified land at the applicant's cost which is refunded on verification of the compensatory plantation.

It has now been decided that compensatory plantation will be split up into two components -- one to be carried out by the forest department on government land and second to be raised by the applicant on identified land, the site from where trees are to be removed. Further it has been decided to fix plantation cost at Rs.2,540 per sapling.

Dikshit hoped that this will go a long way in enhancing the green cover in the capital.

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End of family picnics at india gate rajpath

On Monday evening, Delhiites were formally banished from their favourite evening haunt - India Gate.
Road signs proclaiming the 2-km stretch a ‘No Parking’ area left it looking barren, lifeless.
Families out for an enjoyable evening with loved ones feared stepping out of their cars as patrolling Delhi Traffic Police officers imposed fines on halting vehicles.
“It’s suddenly become very inconvenient to visit India Gate,” said Satvir Singh (23), an MA student of Delhi University.
“I took a long detour as they’ve closed half the carriageway on Rajpath. Then, while I was asking an ice cream vendor where I could park my bike, a traffic police officer came and fined me for improper parking,” he said.
Observing Satvir’s dilemma from a distance, Gurinder Singh (36) and his family decided to go back home.
“The only time that I’ve seen this area under such tight security is a day before the annual Republic Day celebrations,” said Singh, a resident of Rajouri Garden.
Glimmering ice cream carts, which used to do brisk business and provide radiance to the concrete street leading to the cherished war memorial till just a week ago, stood in a corner.
“Doing business here has become almost impossible,” said Shankar, an ice cream vendor.
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Retail loot : Mandi prices a fraction of what you pay

NEW DELHI: It's profiteering of the worst kind and you are at the receiving end. The potatoes you bought yesterday for anything between Rs 8 and Rs 12 per kg depending on which part of the city you live in, cost your retailer just Rs 3 per kg at the mandi. And the cauliflower he is selling for Rs 12 to Rs 16 per kg costs him only Rs 2 per kg.

You've probably often cribbed to him about the exorbitant prices and he has in apparent sympathy told you, ``kya karen memsahib (or sahib), peechhe se hi mahenga aa raha hai''. Well, that sob isn't true -- in fact, going by the prevailing wholsale rates, it is a pack of lies.

The wholesale prices have, in most cases, dropped to a fraction of what they were at the beginning of December or January, but there has been only a marginal slide in retail prices. In fact, you're paying up to five times the mandi price at your doorstep. Cabbage, for instance, is Rs 4 per kg at the mandi while parts of Delhi are paying Rs 20 per kg to get the leafy vegetable.

Wholesale rates at present are actually among the lowest in the past few months, having seen a continuous downward trend since December 2009 and there is reportedly no shortage of any vegetable. The government is aware of the situation, but says it is helpless.

When contacted, chief minister Sheila Dikshit told TOI: ``It is very difficult since the retailers number in thousands. I have asked the weights and measures department to get active and crack the whip, but simultaneously we have to educate the consumer. Each week we try and get the wholesale rates published so that consumers are aware of the market situation. At least, we have clamped down on the rising trend for the time being.''

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DONATE CCTV CAMERAS TO CURB CRIME

Our history is replete with examples of rich donating for temples,dharamshalas and learning centres. Even a rishi while live allowed a cow to eat his flesh so that he could give bones and a king succeeds in yudh.
Now we are combatting terrorism, day light loot and murders. No area how so powerful or near police station is safe.
Crowded markets like krishan nagar,gandhi nagar are sitting ducks for terror acts.
Let us donate such cameras,cover entry and exit points or main traffic points and POLICE CONTROL WILL BE REQUESTED TO MONITOR 365DAYS,24 HOURS OF EACH SEVEN DAYS.
Police or delhi administration or MCD will get a wake up call and start own their own to privide such installations keeping in view common wealth games.
KK GHEI

‘Beaten’ up for seeking info?

Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has asked the Delhi Police Commissioner and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Commissioner to probe an incident wherein RTI users were allegedly beaten up at the behest of a local councillor in the presence of police and MCD personnel.

“Prima facie it appears that there has been serious collusion involved herein,” Gandhi wrote on February 18 in his letters.

The incident referred to RTI users’ NGO Public Grievance and Welfare Society from Kishan Ganj in north Delhi.

The members have alleged that around 25 people beat them at the behest of local Municipal councillor Satbir Sharma. Sharma has denied the charges.

The society had filed an RTI application with the MCD about alleged unauthorised construction by Sharma. With the civic body not forthcoming, they approached the Central Information Commission (CIC). Gandhi asked the civic body and the appellants to conduct joint inspection on January 12.

Society president Surinder Puri claimed that MCD officials asked only two of their members to go for inspection. Hence, only Ajay Kumar, also the society general secretary and Manmohan Gupta, entered the area. “Sharma himself asked his men, around 25, to thrash us, which resulted in my fractured nose,” Kumar said, adding, “Neither the police nor the MCD officials helped us.”

Puri alleged, “The police registered an FIR on January 18, after we took up the matter with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate. But to our horror, we found that on January 12, they had filed a false FIR against us in connection with a weapon found in our car.”

Sharma claimed he was not present at the site and added, “I was in hospital till 4 pm. My men were not involved in any kind of fracas.”

Further, calling the appellants “habitual trouble-makers”, he alleged, “A loaded katta (countrymade gun) was found from their car. The crime branch can testify about it.” He also denied charges of any encroachment or unauthorised construction done by him.

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Co operative socity act and housing societies

The new act 2003 and ammended upto 2007 states that since purpose for which these societies came into existence has been fufilled and serives handed over to MCD or other agencies,these socities shall be wound up. Residents shall decide furhter formation of association. Most of the societies fall in transyamuna area. The following questions need to be considered and if deemed fit, choose further line of action.

a. Whether societies can legally recover security and other charges from residents who are neither member or connected in ay manner running society afairs.

b. What action is called for if society mangement does not start process of winding up or refuses to call meeting of residents despite order from Registrar.

HOPE WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALUABLE INPUT.

KK GHEI

RWA compels NHAI to make agreement public

Dwarka residents have won an year-long battle against the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and made it to agree to upload the agreement it entered into with Jaypee-DSC for the construction and operation of the Gurgaon Expressway on its official website.

With this, the agreement would now be under public scrutiny. Running into 400 pages, the voluminous agreement between NHAI and Jaypee DSC Ventures Limited was signed on April 18, 2002 for the construction of 27.7 km long 8/6 lane Gurgaon Expressway, between Rao Tula Ram Marg (Delhi) and village Kherki Daula (Gurgaon) on National Highway No. 8.

Costing about Rs. 1000 crore, the project was awarded on built-operate-transfer (BOT) basis.
“Action has already been initiated to up load the agreement on the website of NHAI,” read an email from V K Rajawat, deputy general manager (Technical), NHAI to Rejimon CK, president of Dwarka Forum, the residents’ body that has been fighting for the cause of the commuters of Gurgaon Expressway for a long time.

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DELAY IN ISSUANCE OF INDENTED MEDICINES AND OTHER GRIEVANCES OF MEDICAL CARD HOLDERS

WELFARE ASSOCIATION G BLOCK HARI NAGAR
(Regd.No.S-9571)
WZ-208. ST.NO.15, G BLOCK, HARI NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110058
(TELEFAX: 25530483, 9015152976, Email: wagblockharinagar@gmail.com)


Dr. Dharam Prakash URGENT PLEASE
CDMO(West Distt.)
Deptt. of Health & FW, Govt. of NCT of Delhi July 29, 2009
Paschim Vihar, NEW DELHI REMINDER 1: February 3, 2010

SUB: DELAY IN ISSUANCE OF INDENTED MEDICINES AND OTHER GRIEVANCES OF MEDICAL CARD HOLDERS ATTACHED WITH DELHI GOVT. DISPENSARIES - NO ACTION DURING LAST SIX MONTHS ON URGENT ISSUES

Dear Sir,

After submission of our letter dt. July 29, 2009, patients visiting Delhi Govt. Dispensaries in West Delhi, specially the ones attached to Tihar Complex Dispensary, have not found any improvement. Immediate action is requested on the long pending grievances including delays of over two weeks in getting the medicines prescribed by Medical Specialists of Hospitals after submission of documents to the concerned pharmacists in the dispensaries.

As you are aware, after Government of Delhi declared Medical Cards compulsory for its employees including teaching cadres in the Deptt. of Education, there has been quantum jump in the number of card holders including their family members registered with each Delhi Govt. Dispensary. There are over 700 cards with Dispensary at Tihar Complex.

There have been instances where serving as well as retired employees evince their preference for a particular Dispensary due to its known better service. An example of this has been the Dispensary at Tihar Jail Complex. The MOI and the supporting staff are dedicated towards their responsibilities, prompt in providing service to the visting patients and all of them are soft spoken. These qualities are not only winning the hearts of existing OPD patients but are also attracting new Medical Card holders who have been registering with this Dispensary from far flung places.

At times it is noticed that the staff, specially the pharmacists, have not been able to cope up with the rush. This results in long delays and the medical card holders are required to visit the Dispensary repeatedly after submission of papers for the medicines to be indented. In an earlier communication, the Association has brought to your notice the cumbersome procedures existing in the system for getting the medicines prescribed by Medical Specialists of Delhi Govt., Central Govt. as also private empanneled Hospitals.

The Dispensary located at an isolated secured place within the Tihar Jail complex has no facility around for getting the photocopies of Medical Cards and Prescription Slips of MOI as also the Hospitals. The patients, despite of their serious ailments, have no option but to get the needful done from nearest Janakpuri shops for which there is no public transport or rikshaws. Patients, not owning conveyance, walk this long distance.

The delay in issuance of indented medicines is also caused when the papers get delayed at the Dispensary due to one of the two pharmacists deputed for other duties by your Deptt. or one of them proceeding on leave in emergency conditions. MOI have not been authorized to issue ‘Chemist Authority’ for urgently required medicines for the period these are received from DDUH and issued. The authorized chemists have also been responsible in these delays as they do not deliver the indented medicines/perfect substitutes within the permissible time as agreed to by them with DDUH. The sufferer in all such circumstances has been poor patient who has no option but to go on visiting the Dispensary and enquiring about medicines prescribed by specialists which are required to be taken urgently. Your Deptt. is requested to come to their rescue to overcome sufferings by urgently introducing computers and simplifying the existing procedures where pharmacists have to visit DDUH frequently.

In CGHS Dispensaries, to overcome the above mentioned procedural problems, computers have been introduced which save time and avoid paper work. All print-outs in duplicate giving names and quantity of medicines prescribed by Dispensary Doctors and the Hospital Medical Specialists, marked ‘D’ for delivered and ‘I’ for indented, Chemist Authority authorizing patients to instantly take urgently required medicines from designated chemist, CGHS Medical Store authority for very expensive medicines/injections, etc. for home delivery, and permission for getting tests, X-rays, etc. from approved labs are taken by doctors after centralized registration of card holders. Entire record of each patient is saved in the system and on repeated visits the doctors are not required to re-enter medicines prescribed for longer durations as the previous record is accessed and fresh print command for issuance/indenting of medicines is given.

Copies of this letter are being faxed/posted to Mr. J.P. Singh, Principal Secretary, and Dr. Narender Singh, MS, DDUH, for urgent action at their end. They are requested to kindly have the grievances of medical card holders looked into and issue instructions to all concerned officers for implementing their orders. Association will provide desired assistance.

Thanking you and awaiting acknowledgement and a reply to this letter,

Yours truly,


(TPS OBEROI),
Vice President

Copy for information and MOST IMMEDIATE ACTION to: Mr. JP Singh, Principal Secretary., Deptt., of Health, Medical Superintendent, DDUH, CMOI, Tihar Complex Dispensary, and Grievance Cell, at Dte. Of H&EW, Kadkardooma, Delhi.

BSES AGREES THAT CONSUMERS PAY FOR UNMETERED ENERGY

BSES Yamuna Power Ltd and RWAS had an interactive sesssion. I have voice recorded total proceedings. Specific examples like Breakdowns for very long hours in Vishwas Nagar was given by way of showing and rebutting claims of Performance and hence asking for additional hike.

I submit that we must always ask for the records of deliberations of such inter active sesssions. I further submit that RWAS must even at this belated stage, file objections.
We have to gear up for ORAL SUBMISSIONS.

kk ghei
a-78 Madhuvan New Delhi 110092

Now no parking on Rajpath

Delhites moving to India Gate on every Sunday or Holiday will now face another problem of parking the cars as the Delhi Police will not allow, from Monday, any parking on Rajpath i.e. the road running between India Gate & Rashtrapati Bhavan.

It's being said that the new parking lot will be near the water channel which will be properly manned. Traffic police will now guide the public for few days to take the vehicles to the new parling & thereafter will start panelizing.

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